Curtain-clasp



I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOS. G. WHITTIER AND THOS. M. POWELL, OF ATTICA, INDIANA.

CURTAIN-CLASP.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,193, dated September 26, 1865.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that we, Jos. G. VVHITTIER and T. M. POWELL, of Attica, in the county of Fountain and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Device for Holding Up Curtains; and we do herebyT declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which- Figure lis a side view of the device, showing its application to a curtian. Fig. 2 isa top or edge view ofthe same.

The object ot' our invention is to provide a means for holding up window-curtains which will be reliable, and by using' which all kinds of rollers and the various means ot' operating them may be dispensed with and our invention consists in the construction ot'a neat and ornamental device for clasping the curtain and contining it after the same has been rolled up to the desired height, substantially as will be hereinafter described.

To enable others to understand my invention, l will proceed to describe it.

The device in the present instance is made ot two dat pieces ot'metal, A A, being nearly in the form of the arc of a circle, except that one end of each is curved outward for a short distance,'as shown at a a, in the drawings. These pieces are connected by a Hat metal spring, B, secured on the inside of the parts A A, there being sufficient space let't between the levers c a to allow of their being pressed together so as to open the front part of the device.

C C are the jaws otl the device. They consist of two circular plates ot' the proper size, secured one to each end ot the parts A A, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. Their faces arelined with kid b or some other material which will not be likely to soil the curtain.

' Instead of making thejaws O @separate and securing them to the parts AA, the said parts A A may be bent outward, which would be substantially the sume thing.

The device is used in this way: The curtain is rolled up by hand to the desired height. The jaws ot' the device are then opened by pressing together the levers a a with the thumb and finger. The jaws are then put so that one will be on each side of the curtain above the scroll or roll, and they will, on releasing the levers a a, press tightly against the curtain, sufficiently so to keep itin the desiredplace. The scroll or roll rests in the ring of the device, and the curtain is thus prevented from nnrolling. In order to lower the curtain it is only necessary to draw down the device, which action will unroll the curtain, the clamp retaining its hold at any point where it is desired to stop.

This is a very neat, ornamentahand eticient article, and it' it be used the common rollercurt-ains, which are often getting outot order, can be dispensed with, and it is no more trouble to roll up the curtain and put on the clamp than to roll up a curtain by rollers; and the cost is almost nothing in comparison with the usual means adopted for holding up window curtains.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A device for holding up window curtains, constructed substantially as herein shown and described.

JOSEPH G. VVHITTIER. THOMAS M. POWELL.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. PYNOHON, BENJ. F. HEGLER. 

